Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-18

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paIehass money Of the Baltimore aud
ohio, whi-h they are said TO have &C.
duired. Ne information confirming %
could be obtained, although Major
Borne, Of the Ives party, eharacterizss
ID as premature. Sally has heretofore
refased 10 express any opiniOn what
ever. One Of the parties. prominent IN
the negotiations for the StayBsF crowd
said, however, that they had made ar
ranRements 10 take q share 10 Q syndi-
cate Of railroad representatives. and |
had pot IN their first allotment Of cash. l
SIGNATURES said 70 Have been Amxed.
Tha Herald says: at 10 not ofhsiai.
bus vas described ~ nearly 90, that the
pagers IN tbs Baltimore a Ohi0 deal re-
osiVed their hnal signatures yesterday.
One Of the gentlemen named II John
W. Mackay. nov IN San Francisco, bat /
ell day yesterday be vas said 10 be IN /
Communication By wire With Mr.. sully, |
through Edward Stokes, President Of /
the United Lines Telegraph Company. |
The terms given are these; MRokAy 10 |
20 psy 100000, Soliy and bis ass0-
GATES are 70 pay 81 000.0oo, and tl0.- |
Oc0,oo0 is 10 be paid for trust bonds, Sc
cured by 5000 shares OF stock 10 be de- |
Iiysred by Mr.. GaFFeti, 10 give ooRtrsi
Of the property Of the Baltimore d
Ohio. The telsRraph system IL 10 be |
consolidated with that ot all the other |
companies, baFrinRths Western UnisD. |
rae Portland RxIenslOa HOs Goa
adhered.
NEW Y0AK, March 1.-THE Board Of
Directors OF the Northern Pacific Rail |
road today directed ths construction Of |
40 extension Of sixty miles Of the spo- |
kane & Pal0nse railroad. President |
Harris stated that the question Of an
extension from Tacoma 70 Portland was
not even thought Of.
Removed from once.
NHw York, March Us. Hartshorn,
who has been connected With the New
YOFk P0atoffiSe for sSme months, vas
removed yesterday. He was for several
years 10 the Boston division Of the
secret service Of the Postal Depart
ment. Il is charged that HArtshorD is
ct the head Of = company In this city
and that he received for II the money
sent In reply to a circular advertising q
one dollaE watch which was only q sun
dial.
kidnapping And Fires on Plantations
letter from Havana dated March
18th says: Kidnapping has been carried
on by the wholesale during the past
week at GuiTas, Yuella Absia. One Of |
toe persons seEsd was Don Estsban
Hernandez DominRuese, who WAS after
wards released on the payment Of 5000.
Ths ether persons kidnapped we're Of
less Importance.
Fires on the sugar plantations are II
frequent occurrence, and reports are
daily received Of the losses OF planters
49, a.. L. -. -
cases the damage Ia net great. the aR-
greRAte OF losses foots up a considerable
figure.
HOtel Burned ~ san LuIs ohIsDs.
BAN LUIS OBHPo, March 1.-The |
Eagle Hotel. A. ksrans, proprietor. was |
destroyed by IRE at 10 o'clock this |
morning. The iro is supp lsed 90 have |
been caused by some lodger oarslessIy |
Ovsrtntning a lamp. The house was |
full Of guests. several OF whom we're |
severely burned. All lnst their clothes |
and personal fleets. Toe pi operty was
valued at $500 and was we'll protected
by insurance.
The 0eeaa Yacht Race.
PTLADsIPaiA. March I7.-Captain
Howell, OF she steamer British Priace,
from Liverpool, makes the following re-
port; "Ou Monday, the 18th inst, AZ
9:lb q. m, In latitude ll:l, longitude /
ADi, We passed q schooner yacht seven
miles 10 nOrthward. At 1910 a IN. the
schooner Yacht Dauntiess displtyed her
signals abeAm in latitude 39:H5, lonei
tude 6t;l2. A strong bretEs vas blos
iDR and every stitch Of canvas vas set
on both boats, Tnere Was, At the time
the yachts we're sighted. q strong bres Ee
blowing from vest 10 northwest. They
we're about y miles apart. This would
indicate that the yachts we're taking q
more southeEly course than that pursued
by transatlantic steamers at this season
Of the year. When observed the Corunet
had made about COO geographical miles
and the DAantlesa about $50 nilea. ID
is thought that the CorOnet IL II miles
further 10 the eastward. she Is. on 40
count Of her more northerly position.
more than this number Of miles In nd.
vance Of the DAansless."
On wall street
NHw YoRK, March iT.-rodsy vas
the dullest day In the stock market 20
far this wear. the transact us baina
almost entirely Of q professional char
aeter, and destinations were extremely /
narrow. TIE opening vas weak AZ a
decline from last eveniae's hsures ex
tending up 10 thoaeh Omaha vas an
exception, WITH an advance OF The Il
market vas very quiet and fustheE de
clines were made. Ia the rally which /
followed, Western union and Rieb.
mo1d and West Point became coz
spieaeus, bus dizziness inteFvened and
hactuations nearly ceased. There vas a
short period Of activity and arnneas ia /
she afternoon, bus u ,oa died away,
and during the remainder Of the day /
the market oontinaed dali aud feature
less. the close being steady Al slight
changes from tho opening fgares. Gov.
ernoent bonds were aall and rather
heavy.
Aa Address ~ Father MeGtyaA.
NHw YORx. March l7.-AtA 81. Pat
rick's day p'ensc OF the Irish societies
today, Rev. Father MeGlynn eaade an
address, the hrst part OF which dealt
with the blessings coming fEota the BE-
loved Saints wotk Ia Ireland. He then
branehed q thto a discussion % the
lahd project, which bad made hsm
somewhat Botsrious aud defended IL -
eloQuently thst be Vas frequently to-
terrupted With applause AHd cheers.
The spsaker said that tae people 10 Ire
land 10 81. Patnck's time held The LAID
10 Common.
Nhe pAs In san franctsro-
81 Ratriek's Day VS. celebrated here
Ia the usaAi manner TIE parade
started a l s'escck. ard vas fully sqaAi I
In appearance 30 thai o. any ~, viaas
year. The namber Ia the processiop
Vas augmented hy visitors frowa = ish
boring towns. After ths pros-ssion ais.
psrsed. literary exrFcisss Nere held Ia
the California iheateF. David hanor.
President Of the dNy. deiverss he
opening address, + r. Aitchsu VS. toe
orator and Daniel O'C0anell ruAd a
poem.
hhiRPsaG iateltiEvaee
PoKT RLAKN4x, March Il -Arriv~a-
BARK ipdta ard hsFkeatire Amelia
MAN Raw. MAEea 1.-The tak MoeuI
is IA the eay.
Fair GsHtls soatheaSt wind.
san FRANctsco. March lg-AFrfVea-i
Unftcd states steamer kiekard X ~.
from Astoria.
Camthg weather.
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